This document includes Senate Committee Amendments incorporated into the bill on Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 9:01 AM by lpoole.

This document includes Senate 2nd Reading Floor Amendments incorporated into the bill on Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 4:06 PM by lpoole.

Senator Aaron Osmond proposes the following substitute bill:

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EVALUATING FEDERAL LAND

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2015 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Aaron Osmond

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House Sponsor: David E. Lifferth

6 7 LONG TITLE8 General Description:9 This bill enacts a provision relating to federal land within the state.10 Highlighted Provisions:11 This bill:12 ▸ directs the Commission for the Stewardship of Public Lands to commission a study13 and report on federal land within the state; and14 ▸ provides requirements for the study and report.15 Money Appropriated in this Bill:16 This bill appropriates $500,000 from the General Fund for fiscal year Ŝ→ [2014-15]16a 2015 ←Ŝ only Ŝ→ , ←Ŝ to17 the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel.18 Other Special Clauses:19 None20 Uncodified Material Affected:21 ENACTS UNCODIFIED MATERIAL22 23 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:24 Section 1. Identifying and inventorying federal land -- Public education funding25 generated if federal land were transferred to state ownership.26 (1) As used in this section:27 (a) "Commission" means the Commission for the Stewardship of Public Land, created28 in Laws of Utah 2014, Chapter 319, Section 2.29 (b) "Federal land" means land within the state that is owned by the United States or any30 department, division, or agency of the United States, excluding land identified in Subsections31 63L-6-102(3)(e), (f), (g), (h), (i), and (j).32 (2) Within the appropriation for this purpose, the commission shall engage an33 individual or firm to:34 (a) identify, inventory, and depict federal land using widely available aerial or satellite35 photography or imagery technology or similar technology;36 (b) study and quantify the amount of annual funding that could be generated for public37 education in the state, on a school district by school district basis, if the ownership of federal38 land is transferred to the state for management through a state land management39 administration, established for the purpose of managing the land under the best and most40 appropriate use to ensure access to the land for agricultural, tourism,Ŝ→ mining, oil and gas40a development, ←Ŝand other appropriate uses41 while also generating revenue for public education;42 (c) define the potential uses of federal land after its transfer to the state;Ŝ→ and ←Ŝ43 (d) prepare a report on the work performed under Subsections (2)(a), (b), and (c),44 including a forecast of revenue for public education for the next 10 years for each school45 district in the state, assuming the management of federal land transferred to state ownership, as46 described in Subsection (2)(b).47 (3) The commission shall require the individual or firm engaged to conduct the study48 and prepare the report referred to in Subsection (2) to:49 (a) perform the activities described in Subsection (2); and50 (b) submit the report described in Subsection (2) to theŜ→ [Commission] commission ←Ŝ50a by July 1, 2016.51 Section 2. Appropriation.52 Under the terms and conditions of Title 63J, Chapter 1, Budgetary Procedures Act, for53 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014 and ending June 30, 2015, the following sums of money54 are appropriated from resources not otherwise appropriated, or reduced from amounts55 previously appropriated, out of the funds or accounts indicated. These sums of money are in56 addition to any amounts previously appropriated for fiscal year 2015.57 To the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel58 From General Fund, one-time